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reef-bands

reef-bands is the plural of reef-band.

Meaning of reef-band

Noun

reef-band (plural reef-bands)

  1. A piece of canvas sewn across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.
    • The rope passed from below up through a sister-block in the rigging at the topmast-head, thence through the end of the yard to a block in the reef-band of the sail, &c.1846, “Improvements in Ships”, in Boston Journal

Questions about reef-bands

What is reef-bands the plural of?
Reef-bands is the plural of reef-band.

Words near reef-bands in the dictionary

  1. reef squids
  2. Reef Station
  3. reef triggerfish
  4. reef triggerfishes
  5. reef-band
  6. reef-bands
  7. reef-fish
  8. reef-point
  9. reef-points
  10. reef-tackle
  11. reef-tackles

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